Improvement in toy swings



a. MULLER & c. TUELCKE.

Toy Swings.

N o 1 5 3 7 7 8 Patented Au g. 4, 1874.

WITNESSES INVENTOB @4 M Z gum J Armani THE GRAPHIC CO. PHOTO-IJYHJSSQHPARK PLACEJLY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MULLER AND CHARLES TOELGKE, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY swmes.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 1 53,778, dated August4, 1874; application filed June 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE MiiLLER and CHARLES TOELOKE, of Hoboken, inthe county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Toy Swing, of which the following is a specification:

Our invention consists of the rods which suspend the swing from thepivots on which they vibrate, extended above the pivots, and carrying aslotted cross-bar, in which the wrist of a crank turned by aclock-spring works to impart the vibratory motion to the swing.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of our improved swing, taken on theline at a: of Fig. 2 and Fig. 2 is a top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A are the vibrating rods by which the swing-box B is suspended frompivots O, on any suitable supporting-frame D. These rods we propose toextend up above the pivots a short distance and connect with aslottedcrossbar, E, in the slot of which we arrange the wrist-pin F of acrank-shaft, G, for working the swing, the crank-shaft being turned by aspring clock mechanism, H, of any approved kind.

The train of gears connecting the crank-shaft with the driving-powerwill probably be extended in practice to obtain a slower motion for theswing than would be afforded by the arrangement shown.

K represents the figures in the carriage to imitate the action ofpersons working the swing by hand, through the medium of ropes L,connecting them with the top of the swingframe so that one rises up fromthe seat just before the swing reverses, and sits down immediatelyafter, as if pulling at the cord to actuate the swing. The figures areprovided with stops M at the points of the legs to prevent them fromfolding down the wrong way when raised up by the cords, and they areweighted in a manner to insure their falling back on the seats.

The method of gearing the crank-shaft with the swing-rods is simple andcheap, and it allows of conveniently arranging the machinery 011 the topof the swing-frame, where it can be hidden by a case, N, so that thefigures alone are represented to the eye as the means of impelling theswing.

' Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- In a toy swing, the swinging rods A, extendedabove the pivots and connected by a slotted cross-bar, E, with thecrank-shaft, substantially as specified.

GEORGE MULLER. CHAS. TOELOKE.

Witnesses T. B. Mosnnn,

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

